Apple is Holding my Pictures Hostage Until I Accept Their New Terms of Service

It started off a few months ago, when my iPad suddenly couldn’t play videos any more that it had recorded. It would show the first frame, but hitting the play button wouldn’t do anything. I googled around but couldn’t find anything. I had recently installed an update, so I figured I’ll just wait for the next update to fix things.

But the next update didn’t fix things, and it turns out the reason is actually a little dystopian: Apple has deleted my local copies of my videos and will only give them back if I sign their new terms of service.

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